Sebastian Pinera rejects bishop's call for a pardon that may include Chilean military and instead orders a review of Chile prison conditions for all inmates.

Juan Francisco Rodríguez Ríos and his wife María Elvira Hernández Galeana were killed on June 28.

Catholics can "take some holy pride that the bishops of Cuba were in this mediation," Miami Archbishop Thomas G. Wenski said.

The 2009 fiscal period marked the third year in a row that Vatican expenses outpaced revenues.

Fremont, Neb., is among the the municipalities that have voted to curtail the rights of undocumented immigrants.

The Diocese of Wilmington, Del., plans to appeal a federal bankruptcy judge’s ruling.